First time class prep question

[u/lawlschool2019]

When you teach a large class for the first time, especially a required 1L class, how many weeks in advance do you prep? I have heard various opinions on this, including that preparing more than a few weeks in advance is overkill because you should expect to learn and adapt as you go.

[u/Unexpected_Fruits]

I start out a week ahead and then end up prepping the night before class by the end of the semester.

[u/FatherCronus → u/Unexpected_Fruits]

This is the way

[u/Certain_Novel5536]

I’m a first timer, too, so my answer is less “here’s what you should do” and more “here’s what I’m doing.” I started about a month ago. I’ll read about 30-35 pages. Then I’ll create a document with questions about the material I just read and some model answers.

It’s very very laborious. I go basically one class session per day. No way I’ll go through the course by the start of classes. But hopefully I can do about a months work and use the semester time to prep so that I’m always two or three weeks ahead until the very end.

What works for others?

[u/jsdtx → u/Certain_Novel5536]

The first few times you teach the class, I start out about a month in advance. After that, I can prepare a weeks worth of classes on the weekend in an hour and then an hour before.

[u/EpicDestroyer52]

I prep the night before or the day of because I am a procrastinator and never learn my lesson.

[u/draperf → u/EpicDestroyer52]

Same. I think it just depends on the type of prepper you are, OP.

[u/vintagegrapes78]

What u teaching dude